Bactrocera (Bactrocera) hollingsworthi Drew and Romig, 2001

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 126

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) hollingsworthi Drew and Romig, 2001

Figure 38

Distribution. Solomon Islands (Kolombangara, Santa Cruz).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. No known hosts.

Notes. In their original description, Drew and Romig (2001) refer to specimens from Santa Cruz Island with postpronotal lobes yellow and anteriorly black, and with irregularly shaped sublateral markings on the abdomen ( Fig. 38C ). Fresh specimens I collected in Kolombangara in 2018 have black postpronotal lobes and extensive black lateral markings on the abdomen ( Fig. 38-D ). Until fresh specimens from Santa Cruz are available for molecular comparison, I tentatively assigned the Kolombangara specimens as a variant of B. hollingsworthi , rather than describe them as a new species ( Leblanc et al. 2021).

Figures

Figure 38. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) hollingsworthi Drew and Romig, male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C–D) Abdomen. E) Wing. F) Lateral view.